Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Abounding in or resembling tussocks or tufts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Covered with tussocks.

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Examples

  • For me nothing ever beats the big-sky thrill of cresting the final tussocky hill on the beach-bound road that sweeps towards Burnham Overy Staithe.

    Car review: Audi RS3 2011

  • Once we took a wrong turning, and once we missed a gate and found ourselves plunging through a tussocky bog.

    Wales: a cross-country adventure on horseback Alexandra Buxton 2010

  • Or on velvet grasses, or on tussocky sands weaponed with shingle.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Or on velvet grasses, or on tussocky sands weaponed with shingle.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Or on velvet grasses, or on tussocky sands weaponed with shingle.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Such a scenic gem is Lambfoot Dub, positioned on a shelf worthy of Tiffany's, except it is on wild tussocky grass above the corridor route from Sty Head Pass to the Scafells.

    Country diary: Lake District 2010

  • They \expndtw-2 climbed down and walked over the tussocky grass and then \expndtw2 across shingle to the door of the hut. \cf0\expndtw0\par

    Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010

  • I had never been this way before and the paths were grassy and bouncy to run on, not that well worn and gave fabulous views of the sunny south side of the Pentlands – much more pastoral looking than the tussocky, heather-clad side I normally see.

    Nine Mile Burn, Carlops and N. Esk 2009

  • I had never been this way before and the paths were grassy and bouncy to run on, not that well worn and gave fabulous views of the sunny south side of the Pentlands – much more pastoral looking than the tussocky, heather-clad side I normally see.

    A slightly less short run….. 2009

  • Now, in winter, the grass is low and tussocky, but Stuart says in summer it's about a foot high, which makes this mini-plateau a favourite haunt of nudist sunbathers - you have been warned.

    Archive 2009-01-01 M 2009

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